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Diffstat (limited to 'migration/ram.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | migration/ram.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c index d9336d8a09..ce28328141 100644 --- a/migration/ram.c +++ b/migration/ram.c @@ -3036,6 +3036,31 @@ static int ram_save_setup(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, Error **errp) migration_ops->ram_save_target_page = ram_save_target_page_legacy; } + /* + * This operation is unfortunate.. + * + * For legacy QEMUs using per-section sync + * ======================================= + * + * This must exist because the EOS below requires the SYNC messages + * per-channel to work. + * + * For modern QEMUs using per-round sync + * ===================================== + * + * Logically such sync is not needed, and recv threads should not run + * until setup ready (using things like channels_ready on src). Then + * we should be all fine. + * + * However even if we add channels_ready to recv side in new QEMUs, old + * QEMU won't have them so this sync will still be needed to make sure + * multifd recv threads won't start processing guest pages early before + * ram_load_setup() is properly done. + * + * Let's stick with this. Fortunately the overhead is low to sync + * during setup because the VM is running, so at least it's not + * accounted as part of downtime. + */ bql_unlock(); ret = multifd_ram_flush_and_sync(f); bql_lock(); |